英语智慧背囊14-一只老鼠的麻烦
 音频下载[点击右键另存为][00:00.00]The trouble of the mouse 一只老鼠的麻烦[00:05.73]A little mouse living on a farm [00:09.89]was looking through a crack in the wall one day [00:12.64]and saw the farmer [00:14.15]and his wife opening a package. [00:16.34]The mouse was intrigued by what food the package might contain. [00:22.26]He was aghast to discover that is was a mousetrap. [00:27.61]The mouse ran to the farmyard warning everyone: [00:31.88]“There is a mousetrap in the house, [00:34.93]there is a mousetrap in the house.” [00:37.45]The chicken raised his head and said, [00:40.84]“Mr. Mouse, [00:42.48]I can tell you this trap is a grave concern to you, [00:47.08]but it has no consequence to me [00:50.13]and I cannot be bothered with it.” [00:52.88]The mouse turned to the pig, [00:55.71]but the pig said, [00:57.14]“I am so sorry Mr. Mouse, [01:00.41]but the trap is no concern of mine either!” [01:04.70]The mouse then turned to the bull, [01:07.86]only to hear [01:08.85]“It sounds like you have a problem Mr. Mouse, [01:12.56]but not one that concerns me.” [01:15.09]The mouse returned to the house, [01:18.03]head down and dejected [01:20.87]that no one would help him or has concerned about his dilemma. [01:25.89]He knew he had to face the trap on his own. [01:30.60]That night the sound of a trap catching its prey [01:34.66]was heard throughout the house. [01:36.84]The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. [01:41.10]In the darkness she could not see [01:43.63]that it was a venomous snake [01:46.57]whose tail the trap had caught. [01:49.43]The snake bit the farmer’s wife. [01:52.69]The wife caught a bad fever [01:55.56]and the farmer knew the best way to treat a fever was with chicken soup. [02:01.66]The farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard [02:04.85]to get the soup’s main ingredient. [02:07.90]The wife got sicker and friends [02:11.09]and neighbors came by to take turns sitting with her round the clock. [02:16.33]The farmer knew he had to feed them, [02:19.17]so he butchered the pig. [02:21.37]The farmer’s wife did not get better, [02:25.19]in fact she died and so many friends and family came to her funeral [02:30.77]that the farmer had to slaughter the bull to feed all of them. [02:34.93]So the next time we hear that one of our teammates [02:39.19]is facing a problem and think it does not concern or effect us, [02:44.43]let us remember that when anyone of us is in trouble, [02:49.14]we are all at risk. |
